Well, every time its nice out, I seem to shoot the same places over and over... All in all Im pretty sick of it. So I was hoping some of you guys near my location(Whitman,MA) could help me out! Looking for no more than an hour drive tops.

Places I constantly shoot:
Plymouth waterfront
Boston (Faneuil hall area/newbury street)
All of my town
Braintree
Roger Williams park zoo


Thanks for looking/helping!

theres a million places in Boston aside from fanueil hall and newbury.

Totally know your feeling... just have to expand your horizons, and pay more attention to local events as well. There's always funky stuff going on that could make a decent shot.

How about the Arnold Arboretum?
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/visitors/visitors.html

Harvard? MIT? Walk around the Charles? Boats? Chelsea (but be careful). I'm giving you an outsider perspective--I can't imagine being in a city like Boston and not being able to find something/somewhere to shoot. If you're not sure, just wander around somewhere in some good light.

Originally Posted by smizar

How about the Arnold Arboretum?
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/visitors/visitors.html

no, ill have to check it out!

Originally Posted by Markitos

Harvard? MIT? Walk around the Charles? Boats? Chelsea (but be careful). I'm giving you an outsider perspective--I can't imagine being in a city like Boston and not being able to find something/somewhere to shoot. If you're not sure, just wander around somewhere in some good light.

+1

thanks guys

Originally Posted by subimatt

theres a million places in Boston aside from fanueil hall and newbury.

What an insightful post! You managed to name 0 of the 1,000,000 places!



One thing you can try to do is type into Google Image Search or Flickr places near boston, or just something like Mass, and see what people have taken pictures. If something looks good, maybe they will have more of a description as to where it is. I think google and flickr are good ways to find good spots in areas you may be unfamiliar with, or when you are trying to find something new.

What do you want to shoot?

Do you want to photo walk or do you want to get specific shots? Search flickr, find spots that interest you, do some research. Go shoot.

I can give you an area, but just because it interests me doesn't mean it'll interest you.

Evrytime I fly into Boston over all the little islands it makes me want to go check out all the old army installments. Im fairly sure there are ferries to get out there. If you ever want to go, let me know and we can explore together.

Originally Posted by WRXJIM

Evrytime I fly into Boston over all the little islands it makes me want to go check out all the old army installments. Im fairly sure there are ferries to get out there. If you ever want to go, let me know and we can explore together.

Peddocks is currently closed for construction.. that was the one I was really hoping to go out to. Says it will be closed 2010-2011. The rest are ok, just make sure you bring a tripod.

Originally Posted by WRXJIM

Evrytime I fly into Boston over all the little islands it makes me want to go check out all the old army installments.

+1

from what I've seen there are quite a few cool places (not army installments) that you can get to from some of the beaches and parks too?

Originally Posted by Dragicon

What an insightful post! You managed to name 0 of the 1,000,000 places!



One thing you can try to do is type into Google Image Search or Flickr places near boston, or just something like Mass, and see what people have taken pictures. If something looks good, maybe they will have more of a description as to where it is. I think google and flickr are good ways to find good spots in areas you may be unfamiliar with, or when you are trying to find something new.

Dude, its a large city, just walk around in a new area your bound to find something? If your tired of shooting at those two places, go someplace else?! Its seems pretty simple to me. Some of the places he named are from Boston to RI, if you are giving yourself that much range, go explore a bit sometime. If he specified what he was looking to shoot it might be easier to narrow down.

Yeh they all look cool. There is a little tiny lighthouse on it's own tiny rock that would be awesome to shoot in a storm. Just gotta figure out how to get somewhere to see it.

There are definitely some decent looking spots around th though. I would love to take some models out there with some crazy 18th century outfits or something. No doubt you would need permission from the parks service though . I miss NZ for this... Not only are the trespass laws nice, in that you can trespass until you ares asked to leave. Ha ha, but in a public place you can do anything that is not illegal...

Originally Posted by WRXJIM

Yeh they all look cool. There is a little tiny lighthouse on it's own tiny rock that would be awesome to shoot in a storm. Just gotta figure out how to get somewhere to see it.

There are definitely some decent looking spots around th though. I would love to take some models out there with some crazy 18th century outfits or something. No doubt you would need permission from the parks service though . I miss NZ for this... Not only are the trespass laws nice, in that you can trespass until you ares asked to leave. Ha ha, but in a public place you can do anything that is not illegal...

As we've discussed before, Boston is the complete OPPOSITE. You're basically always under the watchful eye if you have a camera. You need a permit to shoot at city hall, not shooting city hall, just shooting at city hall. **** you Boston.

Yeh, it's crazy here! I was told by a cop i couldn't shoot the sunset with my tripod at a small park on the water without permission??? (until I started talking, then he thought i was just a tourist from from Australia, which he had always wanted to visit :/ )

It really is crazy.

Originally Posted by WRXJIM

(until I started talking, then he thought i was just a tourist from from Australia, which he had always wanted to visit :/ )

now I know why mumbles started his ninja shooting... Might as well go big if they're going to kick you out anyway right?

Originally Posted by Blazin

What do you want to shoot?

Do you want to photo walk or do you want to get specific shots? Search flickr, find spots that interest you, do some research. Go shoot.

I can give you an area, but just because it interests me doesn't mean it'll interest you.

Id rather shoot something specific. But i'll shoot pretty much anything!

Originally Posted by Dragicon

What an insightful post! You managed to name 0 of the 1,000,000 places!

+1

Originally Posted by WRXJIM

Evrytime I fly into Boston over all the little islands it makes me want to go check out all the old army installments. Im fairly sure there are ferries to get out there. If you ever want to go, let me know and we can explore together.

Sounds good!

Originally Posted by jm2e

Think Monet. Pick a subject and dominate it. Publish your own coffee table photo book.
Boston Street Lights.
College Libraries (cool old architecture, ugly new architecture and sexy smart college girls).
Rush Hour.
Taxis.
City Dogs.
Private Gardens of New England.
Bars.
Barber Shops.
Trash Cans, Dumpsters and Garbage Trucks.

You sir have excellent ideas.

go shoot here:


or ask Jamie where the bad ass huge brick building with the gigantic red doors is at that i lusted over as we drove by

Originally Posted by jm2e

Think Monet. Pick a subject and dominate it. Publish your own coffee table photo book.
Boston Street Lights.
College Libraries (cool old architecture, ugly new architecture and sexy smart college girls).
Rush Hour.
Taxis.
City Dogs.
Private Gardens of New England.
Bars.
Barber Shops.
Trash Cans, Dumpsters and Garbage Trucks.

excellent project ideas!

as for places to look for, consider:
fairs
farmers markets
competitions (a place here just had their monthly latte art barista competition)
car shows
modelmayhem.com

A personal project like this would be great to give some "purpose" to shooting seemingly random things. Another thing is to look for a local photography group on meetup.com or the likes. We have monthly outings at least once a month which gives great variety of shooting throughout the year. I can't imagine a lack of subjects within 30 minutes of Boston. My biggest hurdle is getting "alone time" to go shoot something with intent which is frustrating me.

Try to find local city/state parks or public/conservation land with trails. I recently found several within 5 miles of my home.

Originally Posted by jm2e

Think Monet. Pick a subject and dominate it. Publish your own coffee table photo book.
Boston Street Lights.
College Libraries (cool old architecture, ugly new architecture and sexy smart college girls).
Rush Hour.
Taxis.
City Dogs.
Private Gardens of New England.
Bars.
Barber Shops.
Trash Cans, Dumpsters and Garbage Trucks.

very good ideas!

thanks guys!